The rollout for Rupaul’s Drag Race All-Stars 7 is in full force, and we can’t help but speculate on how our favorite winners will fare in what’s prospected to be an incredible showing of charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent. We don’t have any spoilers on how the queens did while filming this season (look to Reddit for such information if you dare), but here we’ll take a look at their past performances to see how these queens may contend in three of the most legendary Rupaul’s Drag Race challenges.
Snatch Game
Who may win: Jinkx Monsoon, Trinity the Tuck, Shea Couleé, and The Vivienne
Snatch Game is the kingmaker (or queenmaker, as it were) of Drag Race Challenges, so it’s no wonder that an All-Winner’s season would be stacked full of Snatch Game winners. Jinkx’s turn as Little Edie of Grey Gardens has become the benchmark for obscure character choices, and The Vivienne’s Donald Trump was immediately lauded by Michelle Visage as “the best Snatch Game character in the history of the show.” Shea and Trinity both landed somewhere in the middle on season nine, but came back with a vengeance as Flavor Flav and Caitlyn Jenner on their respective All-Stars seasons.
Who may be worried: Yvie Oddly
Yvie is the only member of this cast to truly miss the mark on the Snatch Game (coincidentally, so did her recently crowned sister Willow Pill), so it’ll be interesting to see if a ru-demption is in order for this queen.
The Ball
Who may win: Raja, Shea Couleé
Raja is the queen of the runway and one of the most frequently referenced fashion queens in the franchise, and fans are eager to see what she’ll bring to the runway this season. Yara Sofía beat her in season three’s ball challenge by a hair, but with two design challenge wins under her belt, the other girls may want to look out. Shea Couleé earned one of her four challenge wins at the “Gayest Ball Ever” and was generally one to watch on the runway of season nine’s talent-packed cast.
Who may be worried: Jinkx Monsoon, Monét X Change
Jinkx earned her first and only spot in the bottom just at the end of season five at the “Sugar Ball”, where she out-lipsynced Detox (possibly the strongest lipsyncer of the bunch) in order to earn her stay. Monét was often held back from wins by her runways on season ten, with her first bottom placement being earned at the “Last Ball on Earth” on episode four. Like Jinkx, she turned in an iconic lipsync (assassinating Dusty Ray Bottoms to “Starships”) and stayed in the competition.
Rusical/Girl Groups
Who may win: Shea Couleé, Monét X Change
In a moment that follows her season nine sister Nina Bo’nina Brown to this day, Shea Couleé’s performance as Blac Chyna in Kardashian the Rusical was a cameo for the ages. On top of that, she earned her first win on All-Stars 5 in the “I’m In Love” girl group challenge with her verse dedicated to the late Chadwick Boseman. Monét turned in strong performances in both of season ten’s rusicals, but finally earned her musical win in All-Stars 4’s ode to Stacy Layne Matthews, “Everybody Say Love” featuring Lizzo.
Who may be worried: The Vivienne
The girl group challenge may have been The Viv’s only misstep on Drag Race UK, but it was a fall from grace for the front-runner with her team being soundly trounced by The Frock Destroyers (who would go on the tour their winning version of “Break Up Bye Bye” across the world).
We don’t know exactly what challenges this season has in store for our winners, but one thing’s for sure: we can’t wait to see how this turn out!
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craigbrew2
I stopped watching a few seasons ago. Not because the queens aren’t talented, they are but because I’m tired of feeding RuPaul’s ego. I don’t think the outcome of the show should be just what he thinks. He’s got it wrong in so many situations and so I’m done. I won’t give my time or energy to this, though I do applaud all the fierce queens who have walked the runway.
IanHunter
Looking forward to watching this season of “All Stars”. Some of the best and favorite queens are competing, so I think it will come down to the overall best queen. Even though Snatch Game has in the past been a decider, following the last season’s disaster, it needs to be perfect for every reason. Did Michelle ever finish the Snatch Game investigation?
Cam
Be interesting to see these queens compete against others not in their seasons. Because some of them did well because of the circumstances. Can’t wait!